The New Bleacher Bums: Drunk Cubs fan on Wrigleyville ‘Day Off’

The New Bleacher Bums: Drunk Cubs fan on Wrigleyville ‘Day Off’
The New Bleacher Bums: Drunk Cubs fan on Wrigleyville ‘Day Off’

The New Bleacher Bums: Drunk Cubs fan on Wrigleyville ‘Day Off’

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Today, I bring you the newest installment of my mdocumentary series “The New Bleacher Bums.” Today, Colleen Henneman is depressed. Why? Because there is no game. No traffic. No beer gardens. The Cubs are in Milwaukee.

See, Colleen Henneman is the biggest Cubs fan known to Wrigleyville. Well, at least the drunkest. She gives me a tour of the neighborhood and reflects on her life…without a Cubs game: